Testseek.com have collected 42 expert reviews of the Seagate Backup Plus Hub USB3 STEL / STEM and the average rating is 79%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Seagate Backup Plus Hub USB3 STEL / STEM.
October 2016
(79%)
42 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(88%)
2495 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
79010042
The editors liked
Runs cooler than previous Seagate drives
Great data transfer rates
Front-side USB 3.0 ports are convenient
Reasonably priced
Comes with free 200 GB of OneDrive cloud storage
Design / Size
Very Good Performance
8TB Storage Capacity
Dual USB 3.0 Hub
Free 200GB OneDrive Subscription
The Seagate Backup Plus Hub is fast
Has tons of storage and since it comes with two additional USB 3.0 ports it won't hog your desktop's expansion options. The drive has software that lets it work with Mac and Windows interchangeably
Excellent performance and per-terabyte price
Two USB ports on front panel
Sleek design
Up to 14TB of capacity
Super-affordable price per gigabyte
Handy front-mounted
Fully functional USB Type-A ports
Faster than most 2.5-inch external hard drives
The editors didn't like
No wireless features
No RAID features
Warranty is a bit short
UPDATE 07/26/2016
Seagate has informed us that there is no fan in the Backup Plus Hub. They switched to a vertical orientation for this model to remove the fan and use a passive cooling sys
Only Up To 8TB
The USB hub doesn't always work when the drive is connected to a USB 2.0 port
Up to 14TB of capacity, Super-affordable price per gigabyte, Handy front-mounted, fully functional USB Type-A ports, Faster than most 2.5-inch external hard drives
Single hard drive with no RAID protection, Pricier than Seagate's Expansion series
The Seagate Backup Plus Hub delivers a big bang for buck. Performance is very good for a USB hard drive, and you'd be hard put to find this kind of capacity elsewhere...
Abstract: I will be the first to admit I'm a digital hoarder I buy a ton of digital movies, music, and e-books And while I don't expect Apple or Amazon to go out of business, I don't trust them to have the only copy of my digital purchase sitting in their cloud I'm...
Design / Size, Very Good Performance, 8TB Storage Capacity, Dual USB 3.0 Hub, Free 200GB OneDrive Subscription,
Only Up To 8TB,
We've been using the Seagate Backup Plus Hub 8TB in the office for roughly 3 weeks and although it's not quite as fast as the D2 Thunderbolt 10TB by LaCie still it comes pretty close and ontop of that it offers the two front USB 3.0 ports wh...
Published: 2017-11-17, Author: Dave , review by: onmsft.com
Abstract: Recently, I saw a review online for the Seagate 8TB Game Drive Hub for Xbox, and thought that it would be a good candidate for an external drive for my original Xbox One. I am still waiting for Microsoft to release an Xbox One X with a bigger hard drive...
Abstract: External storage is not exactly exciting tech At the end of the day, it boils down to “can this hold my data” and “does it not look like garbage” The industry has, thankfully, come a long way past the dull, gray boxes that I used to stick my spare drives...
Abstract: The Seagate 8TB Backup Plus Hub is a very appealing option for anyone that needs a large capacity device to backup their computer, and other devices. It is fast, easy to use, comes with very useful software, and the price is competitive. While testing con...
Excellent performance and per-terabyte price, Two USB ports on front panel, Sleek design
Software was usable, but tripped us a little in places, E-mail-list signup shenanigans
The Backup Plus Hub is as cavernous as it is affordable, and its front USB ports are a nice "where-have-you-been?" bonus. The software could use a few tweaks, but it worked well overall. Read More…...
The Seagate Backup Plus Hub is fast, has tons of storage and since it comes with two additional USB 3.0 ports it won't hog your desktop's expansion options. The drive has software that lets it work with Mac and Windows interchangeably
The USB hub doesn't always work when the drive is connected to a USB 2.0 port
Though it has some issues with USB 2.0, the Seagate Backup Plus Hub is an excellent external storage drive for any USB 3.0 desktop computer...
Runs cooler than previous Seagate drives, great data transfer rates, front-side USB 3.0 ports are convenient, reasonably priced, comes with free 200 GB of OneDrive cloud storage
No wireless features, no RAID features, warranty is a bit short, UPDATE 07/26/2016: Seagate has informed us that there is no fan in the Backup Plus Hub. They switched to a vertical orientation for this model to remove the fan and use a passive cooling sys
It looks like Seagate has gotten their operating temperatures in check — under our testing, the drive only got up to 45° C, whereas some were reporting last year's Backup Plus was getting up into the 60s. Furthermore, the increased capacities and the fron...
Abstract: So why on earth, in this day of uber-fast portable SSDs and fast-enough, readily portable 2.5-inch hard drives, would anyone want to purchase a 3.5-inch external hard drive such as Seagate's Backup Plus Hub? You sacrifice some portability, but the upsides...
